Is this a worthwhile pursuit for a fellow in his golden years? Shouldn't I be spending my time on something a little more...well, meaningful or something? Hey, how many more years do I have and how much of that time do I want to spend here, on this blog, about sauce and stuff?
March 17, 2013, well, yes, I'm still buying different brands and types of sauce, though it seems as though the sauces are playing at best a minor part on this blog. Oh, well, what can I say...

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

So Far in my Quest for the Best, I Have Definitely Found the Worst...

I don't have a grading system for the sauces that I'm trying and evaluating; doubt that I will. They'll most likely be graded, if you will, by pretty good, so so, average, lousy, and so on. Well, I now have the winner for the worst sauce so far. Yes, folks...Hunt's Zesty and Spicy has all of the laurels at the bottom of the heap. Yep, this has definitely been the worst and there is no contest here. Here's my story...I like the idea if stuff in cans. If you drop them they don't burst open throwing glass shards all over the place. Give me a can any day.So, being in a can and being about a buck or so, Hunt's started out with two legs up. OK, what happened? I often addto the sauce: meat balls, TVP, mushrooms, olives, and so on. For the Hunt's I added a bunch of meat balls. Yes, the frozen ones advertised as Italian that I've been using for a few years. I had the pasta boiling and the sauce heating and looked forward to a great meal. Hmmm. The pasta was about ready. I took a taste of the sauce. Yuck! I don't know how todescribe it, just yucky. AllI know is that I wasn't going to eat it like it was. I tried some herb and spice therapy and no help. I then tried to make it spicier, you know, deaden the taste buds. Still no help. In desperation I pulled the pasta off of the stove, dumped the sauce, rinsed off the meatballs, and filled the pan with another brand of sauce. Though it was kinda frustrating, after a few more minutes I had a decent spaghetti meal.I had thought about writing Hunt's. But, what good would that do? What are they going to do, shut down the plant and come up with a new recipe? Oh, well. The search goes on.

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How Did This Blog Get Started?

Good question. I have, well...far-too-many blogs. Most are started with some degree of enthusiasm and then dropped like a hot cake. Yep, I'll make a few entries and then abandon them.I've been on a quest, to use that word, to find what-is-for me, the best ever spaghetti sauce. Yes, I know some of you call the "noodle" part of spaghetti pasta; however, I'm just a regular old guy and will continue to use the word spaghetti to mean the noddle part or the meal itself, you know...the spaghetti with the sauce.For years I've been trying different brands and types but never making any notes. So, while making last night's spaghetti I wondered if I'd do better by starting a blog about, yes, spaghetti sauce. Of course, I immediately knew that it would never be just about spaghetti sauce. So, folks, that's how all of this started. I shall see were it goes.